professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfe-sər 
1
: one that professes, avows, or declares
2
a
: a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education
b
: a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school
c
: one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill
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Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Electrification — or gas heaters, stoves and other appliances moving to electric ones — is also a factor, said Ramteen Sioshansi, a professor of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University who studies the electricity industry.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
Unlike in the Midwest or East Coast, where rain is more plentiful, California relies on a huge system of reservoirs, canals and pumps to move water around the state, said Jay Lund, a professor at UC Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Jeffrey Tully, an anesthesiology professor at the University of California, San Diego, and a researcher in the health care cybersecurity field, said that tech outages can cause delays in patient care, which cause worse health outcomes.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professor. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfes-ər
: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
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